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The Breast Care Program at Cape Cod Healthcare

Cape Cod Healthcare Women’s Health is a highly specialized line of services dedicated to providing comprehensive care for women of all ages. Our teams are equipped with the latest technology and clinical expertise to support a woman’s needs that extend beyond primary care.

Maintaining your breast health requires a specialized approach to care including routine screening, breast cancer prevention education, risk assessment and genetic counseling, diagnosis, and if needed, treatment and care coordination.

Our Breast Care program at Cape Cod Healthcare partners you with expert physicians and dedicated clinical care teams to help navigate this process, including radiologist-breast specialists, breast surgeons, nurse practitioners, dedicated breast patient navigators, mammography technicians, nurses and administrative staff.

Early Detection Saves Lives

An annual screening mammogram is the best way to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages when it can be treated effectively, beginning at age 40 for women of average risk. At Cape Cod Healthcare, we offer the latest digital technology of 3D mammography, the gold standard for screening, and a skilled team of breast imaging experts at our Women's Health Centers:

Cape Cod Healthcare Women’s Health Centers

3D Mammography: the Gold Standard for Screening

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Nationally Accredited, State-of-the-Art Breast Centers

3D mammography is also available at Fontaine Outpatient Center in Harwich

Facts about 3D Mammography

• 3D Mammography’s detail is similar to a CT Scan. Also known as digital breast tomosynthesis, it takes images of each breast from different angles and captures many thin layers of tissue. When images are re-constructed and combined with 2D mammography, they provide a clearer view of breast tissue compared to traditional 2D mammography alone.
• 3D mammography is more accurate. With its enhanced sensitivity, 3D mammography enables radiologists to better pinpoint the size, shape and location of abnormalities, reducing the need for call backs by approximately 2% overall. Mammograms can show changes in the breast years before a patient or physician can feel them.
• 3D mammography detects more breast cancers as compared to 2D mammography alone finding an additional 1 to 2 cases per 1000.
• Women with dense breast tissue may especially benefit from 3D mammography, because of the clear picture it provides. We offer the Genius™ 3D Mammography™ Exam, the only mammogram that is FDA-approved as superior for women with dense breasts when compared to 2D mammography alone.
• 3D Mammography technology at Cape Cod Healthcare offers the fastest available scan time of less than 4 seconds, for better patient comfort.
• Radiation from an annual mammogram is a fraction of the average environmental exposure a person receives in a year.

Both Cuda Women’s Health Center in Hyannis and Seifer Women’s Health and Imaging Center in Falmouth are accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), having met rigorous standards and review. The mammography and ultrasound departments for each center are accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR), and Cuda Women’s Health Center is also a Designated ACR Breast Center of Excellence.

Our modern centers provide a serene and comfortable environment for routine screening and diagnostic testing, including:

• 3D screening mammography
• Bone density testing
• Breast cancer support groups
• Breast MRI
• Breast ultrasound
• Diagnostic mammography
• Genetic counseling and testing
• Hereditary and familial risk assessment
• High-Risk Hereditary Cancer Program
• Ultrasound, stereotactic and MRI-guided biopsies

3D mammography is also available at Fontaine Outpatient Center in Harwich